I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
'I am the Alpha and the Omega'-the first and last letters of the alphabet. God in Christ comprises all between, as well as first and last.
The beginning and the ending. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A B C, through in the Vulgate and Coptic. Transcribers probably inserted it from Revelation 21:6. In Christ, Genesis, the Alpha of Scripture, and Revelation, the Omega, meet; the last presenting man and God reconciled in Paradise, as the first presented man at the beginning innocent and in God's favour in Paradise. Accomplishing finally what I begin. Always the same: before the dragon, the beast, false prophet, and all foes. Anticipatory consolation under the Church's coming trials.
The Lord. 'Aleph (') A B C read, 'the Lord God.'
Almighty - Hebrew, Shaday (H7706) and Yahweh (H3068) Tsaba'owt (H6635); i:e., of hosts: commanding all the powers in heaven and earth, so able to overcome all our foes. Often in Revelation, but nowhere else in the New Testament, except 2 Corinthians 6:18, quoted from Isaiah.